Voyage du Canada 1752 : memoire des remarques faites sur les principaux endroits que jay parcourús dans ma tournée de Montreal, du Lac Champlain et autres lieux despuis le 24 juillet jusqu'au 23 aoust 1752, 1752 Dec. 27.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Commission militaire de l'Exposition universelle de 1900. Inspection du Génie. Bibliothèque.

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Franquet, Louis, 1697-1768

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French military engineer. Franquet entered the army at the age of twelve, was promoted through the ranks as engineer, and in 1741 received the cross of the Order of St. Louis. He left France in 1750 to serve as chief engineer of the fort at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. He returned to Canada in 1754 as head of fortifications in New France in 1754. From the description of Voyage du Sieur Franquet au port La Joye : au havre de St. Pierre, au port destrois Rivieres d...

Maisonneuve, Jacques

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